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Jim Harwood – newsman and model
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Jim Harwood – the film buff
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FOR READABLE READ EDIBLE
When Jim Harwood retired from DAILY VARIETY, they baked him a fancy cake, headlined
"Har retires to stud".
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JIM HARWOOD
Joe X. Price emailed the following:
I didn't meet the Har till years after I left the "little green paper," about 1974 or '75. He could be found every night after work in the saloon/coffee shop a block or so from the office, a place on Sunset near Cahuenga called the Jolly Roger.
It was always dark in the joint (atmosphere, you know) but if you looked around you could always find him in the same back booth charming the pants off (literally) of at least one young lady who had just come to Hollywood from somewhere back east to become a movie star. I had just gotten divorced after a long marriage so the business of hustling pretty young ladies
("toosies," as Har used to call them) was somewhat new to me. I learned fast, though, just listening to the great womanizer do his magic.
He'd spin one story after another in that thick Dallas twang of his, advising the tender young thing that he could personally launch her career simply with the power of his pen, if she'd just "play her cards right." And it worked; I'd never seen a guy get so much action in my life!
It worked for me as well because I'd get some of his leftovers. It was easy because the Har was forever falling in love. He'd leave two or three behind just to go steady with one – to the exclusion of all others. The chump would be faithful – until, alas, the new one would break his heart by running off with someone who could really help her career. That was the Har to me – a fun guy and true friend. Miss him greatly.
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